From: Tom Yamaguchi
To: A16.A16(kidstv)
Date: 10/8/95 5:24pm
Subject: MM Docket 93-48
Thanks to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD), I was able to get this e-mail address to respond to the
issues of children's television, MM Docket 93-48. I strongly
agree with GLAAD's position that we need more shows that address
the need for tolerance of gays and lesbians. In fact, there are
no children's shows on either public or commercial TV that have
openly gay or lesbian characters or address the contributions of
our community. We are apart of the diversity that is the human
condition.
I am gay, but I am also a father. Growing up with no positive
role models in the mass media of my day provides me with first
hand knowledge of how the lesbian and gay youth of today need
such role models.I support the Children's Television Act and
hope that our children will be educated through it of the evils
of homophobia and the values of love and respect between all
peoples of the world.
Tom Yamaguchi
1015 Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94710